Army of Revolutionaries

Army of Revolutionaries
جيش الثوار Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Official logo of Jaysh al-Thuwar Jaysh al-Thuwar flag
Active	3 May 2015 – present
Leaders	Ahmed Sultan Abu Araj (general commander of Jaysh al-Thuwar since late 2016) Mohammad Abu Adel (Northern Sun Battalion general commander) Abu Juma Abannawi
Headquarters	Tel Rifaat & Maryamin, Afrin, Aleppo Governorate
Area of operations	Al-Hasakah Governorate Aleppo Governorate Idlib Governorate Raqqa Governorate
Strength	3,000 fighters (claimed)
Part of	Syrian Democratic Forces Manbij Military Council Al-Bab Military Council Euphrates Volcano (2015)
Allies	People's Protection Units Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Hawar Kilis Operations Room Ahrar ash-Sham Turkish Armed Forces Tahrir al-Sham
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) Tell Abyad offensive 2015 Al-Hawl offensive Tishrin Dam offensive 2016 Northern Aleppo offensive Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) Manbij offensive Jarabulus offensive (2016) Western al-Bab offensive (2016) Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)
Website	jeshalthowar.com

Syrian Civil War

The Army of Revolutionaries (Arabic: جيش الثوار‎‎), or Jaysh al-Thuwar, is a multi-ethnic armed rebel coalition in Syria that is allied with the primarily Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and participating in the Syrian Civil War.

Established in May 2015, with presences in six provinces, it was considered an ambitious grouping uniting Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmens. With its stated aims to fight both the Syrian regime and ISIL, it was expected to become one of the more relevant rebel alliances in northern Syria, consolidating the democratic rebel spectrum. It was considered as one of the "potential powerbrokers" in the Aleppo, Hama, Idlib, and Latakia Provinces.

Though considering itself a part of the rebel mainstream and having turned down the U.S. Train-and-Equip-Program because it wanted to be able to fight the regime as well as ISIL, Jaysh al-Thuwar has always been allied with the Syrian Kurdish YPG. It therefore did not receive Turkish support, and became embroiled in open conflict with Islamists, both hard-line and more moderate.

Subsequently, Jaysh al-Thuwar retreated from rebel-held areas and further deepened its bonds with the YPG. In October 2015, it became one of the constituents of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), increasingly integrating with the SDF's common frontlines against ISIL and other Islamist forces.

Established on 3 May 2015, many of its members belonged to the now defunct Hazzm Movement and the northern branch of the Syria Revolutionaries Front, which were defeated by al-Nusra and allied forces in Idlib and Aleppo. In an October 2015 publication, the Washington D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War considered Jaysh al-Thuwar as one of the "potential powerbrokers" in Aleppo province, where it is part of the Euphrates Volcano joint operations room, as well as in Hama, Idlib and Latakia provinces, though not in Homs province.

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